Americans head to the polls to vote

Voters cast their ballots electronically in the presidential election on Nov. 6, 2012, at StarBridge Christian Center in Wildwood, Mo.

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Darrick West stands at the voting booth while voting at the Salem Baptist Church, on Nov. 6, 2012, in Sparta, Va.

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Citizens of Ocean County vote in the County Administration Building in Toms River, N.J., on Nov. 5, 2012, in a special early mail voting arrangement to allow citizens of the areas affected by Hurricane Sandy to vote in person with a mail-in ballot on short notice in the US national and local election.

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An Ocean County employee (R) instructs a local voter on how to fill out his ballot, Nov. 5, 2012, in Toms River, N.J. The county made a special early mail voting arrangement to allow citizens of the areas affected by Hurricane Sandy to vote in person on short notice in the US national and local elections.

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First time voter Trevon Robinson casts his ballot at the polling station at the Clark County Fire Training Center on Nov. 6, 2012, in Las Vegas.

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Election worker Susan Keller sets up directional signs before the polling station at the Clark County Fire Training Center opens on Nov. 6, 2012, in Las Vegas.

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Kathy Shamlin stands at the voting booth while voting at the Salem Baptist Church on Nov. 6, 2012, in Sparta, Va.

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Election workers Susan Keller (L) and Helena Vuong set up a directional sign before the polling station at the Clark County Fire Training Center opens on Nov. 6, 2012, in Las Vegas.

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Eileen Woofford, 84, wore a winter hat to keep her warm as she waited in line to cast her vote at Cleveland Avenue Baptist Church on Nov. 6, 2012, in Kansas City, Mo.

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Voters wait in line to cast their vote at Cleveland Avenue Baptist Church on Nov. 6, 2012, in Kansas City, Mo.

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Volunteers at the Pinellas County Democratic Party headquarters make calls to encourage people to go out and vote on Nov. 6, 2012, in St. Petersburg, Fa.

Poll workers Don Allison (2nd-R) and Bertha Janis chief Inspector of the polling stations go over a ballot that was rejected by the machine while voters wait in line to cast their vote in the Presidential elections on Nov. 6, 2012, in Janesville, Wis.

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Lines begin to form as polls open on Nov. 6, 2012, in South Philadelphia, Pa.

A voting booth stands at the ready as students return to school on Nov. 5, 2012, in the East Village neighborhood of New York.

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People stand in line for early voting at the County of Monmouth Special Services Complex on Nov. 4, 2012 in Freehold, N.J.

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A woman fills out an early-voting ballot on Nov. 4, 2012 in Jersey City, N.J.

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A woman fills out an early-voting ballot on Nov. 4, 2012 in Jersey City, N.J.

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A man fills out an early-voting ballot on Nov. 4, 2012, in in Jersey City, N.J. Gov. Chris Christy ordered early-voting stations stay open through the weekend, in an effort to get people to vote, despite the damage done by Superstorm Sandy.

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A woman helps a man read an early-voting ballot on Nov. 4, 2012, in in Jersey City, N.J.

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Gail Anderson, 74, who was born and raised in Seaside Park, New Jersey, votes in a temporary polling station set up inside the Ocean County courthouse in Toms River, N.J., on Nov. 4, 2012.

Citizens of New Jersey's Ocean County vote on Nov. 5, 2012, at the Ocean County Administration building in Toms River in a special early mail voting arrangement to allow citizens of the area affected by Hurricane Sandy to vote on short notice in the US national and local election.

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An Ocean County voter in Toms River, N.J., carries her completed ballot in an envelope on Nov. 5, 2012.

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People wait in line to vote at Silver Bay Elementary School on Nov. 6, 2012, in Toms River, N.J.

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A man votes at Silver Bay Elementary School on Nov. 6, 2012, in Toms River, N.J.

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Men wait in line to vote at Silver Bay Elementary School on Nov. 6, 2012, in Toms River, N.J.

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People wait on line to vote in the presidential elections at the Boys and Girls Republic located in the Lillian Wald housing projects in Manhattan's East Village neighborhood on Nov. 6, 2012, in New York City.

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Citizens vote in a temporary polling station at the Ocean County courthouse in Toms River, N.J, on Nov. 4, 2012.

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Citizens fill their ballots in a temporary polling station at the Ocean County courthouse in Toms River, N.J, on Nov. 4, 2012.

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People wait on line to vote in the presidential elections at the Boys and Girls Republic located in the Lillian Wald housing projects in Manhattan's East Village neighborhood on Nov. 6, 2012, in New York City.

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Mike Wigart (L), 30, casts his ballot at a polling station in the garage of the Los Angeles County lifeguard headquarters on Nov. 6, 2012, in Los Angeles, Calif.

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A voter checks in at Dunbar High School on Nov. 6, 2012, in Washington, DC.

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A woman casts her vote inside Little Run Elementary School on Nov. 6, 2012, in Fairfax, Va.

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A person casts their vote inside George Mason University on Nov. 6, 2012, in Fairfax, Va.

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Chief Election Officer Richard M. Garverick stands for a portrait as people cast their votes inside Little Run Elementary School on Nov. 6, 2012, in Fairfax, Va.